... was not remorse. I did go so far as to regret the loss of the animal, and to look around for another cat with which to replace it. One night, as I sat, in a half-drunken daze, I noticed a small black head among the immense amount of bottles and glasses which made up the majority of the furniture in the place I was in. I approached ... . The more I hated this cat, however, the more its love for me seemed to increase. It followed me around with a determination that is difficult for the reader to understand. Wherever I sat, it would crouch beneath my chair or spring upon my knees. If a rose...

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... ; not a minute stopped or stayed he, But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-- Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then the ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and ... ...

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